Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the recipes category.

Maple Tree Cake Recipe.

Ingredients:

4 large eggs, room temperature
2 cups sugar
2 cups sour cream
2 TSPs maple flavoring
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 TSPs baking soda
Dash salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
FROSTING:

6 TBSPs butter, softened
4-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
3/4 cup plus 2 TBSPs maple syrup
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter chips
1/2 TSP red paste food coloring
1/4 TSP yellow paste food coloring

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar.
Add sour cream and maple flavoring.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to sour cream mixture and mix well.
Fold in pecans.
Pour into 2 greased and floured 9" round baking pans.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 minutes.
Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, in a bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar.
Add syrup; mix well.
Set aside 2/3 cup frosting for decoration.
Spread remaining frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake.
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and peanut butter chips; stir until smooth.
Transfer to a pastry bag or heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in the corner of bag.
Pipe a tree trunk and branches on top of cake.
For decorative leaves, divide the reserved frosting between 2 small bowls.
Add red food coloring to 1 bowl; stir to combine.
Add yellow food coloring to other bowl; stir to combine.
Cut a small hole in the tip of a pastry bag; insert #21 star tip.
Spoon the frostings alternately into the bag.
Pipe frosting on top of cake to resemble leaves of tree.

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